Be VERY careful abolut believing anything you read or hear about “reactive attachment disorder”. It is a pet “diagnosis” of self-described therapists who prescribe and/or perform horrific “therapies” that have led to the deaths of several children and profound psychological harm to many many more. This is the “diagnosis” that led to the deaths of at least 2 children via “forced water drinking therapy” and of the little girl in Colorado who was killed by being suffocated in a blanket by her mother and a “therapist” as part of a “rebirthing therapy” in which the child was supposed to do the birth experience over again by struggling to get out of the blanket while the adults screamed at her, held her down, and prevented her from getting out of the blanket. One of the favorite “symptoms” they note is a child’s failure to instantly and enthusiastically comply with any and all orders from their parents. Until the child does that consistently, s/he is said to require more “therapy”.
All kinds of abusive craziness
is “based”
on The Bible . . .
how could mere research by man fare any better.
The issues are still solidly research based and factual.
I’ve seen it in my own life and the lives of countless counseling clients and thousands of others in my social network over my 60+ years.
Doing screwy things with solid facts does not negate the facts.
I appreciate your warning. I didn’t know the treatment led to the death of two children.
I had wondered why the “Attachments” book was not longer available except a used copy on Amazon for several hundred dollars.
Treatments aside, I think there’s truth in the theory that gaps in early childhood attachments do have an ongoing impact throughout life, not just with the crazed killers but also with everyday normal people who have to work very hard to relate to others and to have “real” relationships.